SEMPY promotes the study and discussion of the works of European philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries. Relevant works include, but are not limited to, those of Descartes, Malebranche, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Reid and Kant. Papers are made available for participants to read beforehand whenever possible; our sessions usually begin with a brief summary of the author's work followed by open discussion.

All are welcome!


2011-2012 Schedule

Note: linked papers require Yale network access or a valid Yale account.


September 16
3:30-5:20pm
LC 105

Edwin Curley (Michigan)
"Dick Popkin's (Truly Awful) Critique of Spinoza's Contribution to Biblical Scholarship"
Comments: Alex Silverman
(Reception to follow)

October 14
3-5pm
C 104

Marleen Rozemond (Toronto)
"Real Distinction, Separability, and Corporeal Substance in Descartes"
Comments: Julia von Bodelschwingh
(Reception to follow)

November 4
2-4pm
C 104

   Alex Worsnip
   "Hobbes and Normative Egoism"
   Comments: Johan Olsthoorn (K.U. Leuven/Yale)
   November 18
   3-5pm

 C 104

    Matt Lindauer
   "Analysis and Doubt in Descartes' Meditations"
   Comments: Tom Feeney
   December 13
   12-2pm

 C 104

    Tim Yenter
   "Of the Indemonstrability of the Immateriality of the Soul in    Hume's Treatise"
   Comments: Kelley Schiffman

January 27
2-4pm
C 104

Sonny Elizondo 
The Good, the Will, The Good Will
Comments: Paul Franks
   February 24
   2-4pm
   C 104		    Elliot Paul (Barnard/Columbia)
   Cartesian Intuition
   (Reception to follow)

March 23
2-4pm
C 104

Brandon Look (Kentucky/Institute for Advanced Study)
Understanding the Amphiboly: Kant's Critique of Leibniz
Comments: Kelley Schiffman & Sebastian Bender

April 20
4-6pm
C 104

Julia von Bodelschwingh
Leibniz on Divine Concurrence, Creaturely Actions, and the Author of Sin
Comments: Julia Borcherding
   May 4
   2-4pm
   C 104

Tom Feeney
Leibniz on Uniformity and Continuity
Comments: Yual Chiek (Queens University/Yale)



Archives:
    2010-11 Schedule
   2009-10 Schedule
   2008-09 Schedule
   2007-08 Schedule
    2006-07 Schedule


Photos from past events:
    Mini-conference (October 2009)



*Whenever a person's affiliation is unmentioned, she or he are at Yale.


SEMPY is grateful to the Whitney Humanities Center and to the Yale Philosophy Department       for their generous support.